BA (Hons) Animation Art and Practice Year 3 Reflective Practice Term 1/2

University Centre Hastings BA (Hons)

Animation Art and Practice
Year 3 2019 – 2020

AP301 Reflective Practice Experimental Film-Making

Credits 40

Tutors Lucinda Wells/Richard Cobbold

Wednesday 02/10/19

Deadline Wednesday 01/04/20

Interim Assessment Wednesday 11/12 / 20

Summative Assessment Wednesday 01/ 04/ 20 (Portfolio of

Evidence)
 BA (Hons) Animation Art and Practice Year 3 Reflective Practice Term 1/2 2019 - 2020

Schedule & Summary

Requirements In the process of completing this module of study, each

(Evidence of Study) student will be required to evidence the following:

A. A Series of experimental animation and film-

making sequences with sound.

B. Planning.

C. Presentation of final pieces.

D. Critical Reflective Evaluation

Method of Assessment Assessment will be based upon listed study requirements and
submissions. By the end of the module students should be able to show
evidence of successful study from all the prescribed elements within the
module and the degree to which they have achieved the learning
outcomes listed above.

Assessment Process & Tasks Assessment will be based upon the successful completion of listed study
requirements and module submissions. Evidence of planning, critical
evaluation and presentation are core required tasks.

Assessment Criteria • 1. Produce sustained and critical engagement with and into a diverse
Learning Outcomes range of experimental sequential moving image techniques in the
creation of a series of own abstract and experimental sequences.
• 2. Provide evidence of the transference and application of your
diagnostic understanding of the principles of animation techniques and
skills into new, dynamic and innovative solutions that will expand your
own visual language.
• 3. Provide evidence of consolidation of competence with editing and
post-production software to enhance your animation and own personal
visual language.
• 4. Thoroughly and critically describe research into experimental moving
imagery techniques that inspire and inform your own practice and
evaluate concepts and techniques applied.
BA (Hons) Animation Art and Practice Year 3 Reflective Practice 1/2 2019 - 2020

Schedule & Deadlines Module Introduction Wednesday 02 / 10 /19

(all students)

Final Submission Wednesday 01/ 04 / 20 (Portfolio of Evidence)

Over the course of the module there will be a visiting lecturer

to present and discuss principles of animation. These sessions will be
timetabled in due course. It is very important that all students attend
these sessions as they form an essential part of your assessment criteria
for successfully completing the module.

Reading List
R. Russett, C. Starr (1976) Experimental Animation. New York: Da Capo Press

Schneider, S. (1988) That’s All Folks; The Art of Warner Bros. New York: Henry
Holt & Co
Whittaker, H and Halas, J. (2009) Timing for Animation. Massachusetts: Focal
Press.
Hart, J. (1999) The Art of the Storyboard. Massachusetts: Focal Press
Muybridge, E. (1985) The Male and Female in Motion. New York: Dover Press